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CONTENTS.
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77. The learned seldom despised but when they deserve contempt 129
78. The power of novelty. Mortality too familiar to raise apprehensions 136
79. A suspicious man justly suspected 142
80. Variety necessary to happiness; a winter scene 147
81. The great rule of action. Debts of justice to be distinguished from debts of charity 152
82. The virtuoso's account of his rarities 157
83. The virtuoso's curiosity justified 163
84. A young lady's impatience of controul 169
85. The mischiefs of total idleness 176
86. The danger of succeeding a great author: an introduction to a criticism on Milton's versification 182
87. The reasons why advice is generally ineffectual 189
88. A criticism on Milton's versification. Elisions dangerous in English poetry 194
89. The luxury of vain imagination 200
90. The pauses in English poetry adjusted 206
91. The conduct of Patronage; an allegory 212
92. The accommodation of sound to the sense, often chimerical 218
93. The prejudices and caprices of criticism 227
94. An inquiry how far Milton has accommodated the sound to the sense 232
95. The history of Pertinax the sceptick 240
96. Truth, Falsehood, and Fiction; an allegory 246
97. Advice to unmarried ladies 252
98. The necessity of cultivating politeness 259
99. The pleasures of private friendship. The necessity of similar dispositions 265
100. Modish pleasures 270
101. A proper audience necessary to a wit 275
102. The voyage of life 281
103. The prevalence of curiosity. The character of Nugaculus 287
104. The original of flattery. The meanness of venal praise 293
105. The universal register; a dream. 299

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